# How do I remove all my installed packages at once, if possible?

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** packages\
**Created:** [August 22, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-remove-all-my-installed-packages-at-once-if-possible/66820 "2021-08-22T22:00:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-remove-all-my-installed-packages-at-once-if-possible/66820/10 "2021-08-24T00:16:17Z")

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> [@giordano](#):
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> If you’re annoyed by precompilation, there is a trick to not update packages on `add` , it has been shared a few times here on discourse, many people put that code in their startup file

this: [How to disable automatic precompilation of packages in Julia 1.6](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-disable-automatic-precompilation-of-packages-in-julia-1-6/57053)

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